Saturday, 1 September 2012

Dad's Army

1968-77
UK
BBC
BBC1
80 Episodes, 30 minutes long
w. Jimmy Perry, David Croft
d. David Croft, Harold Snoad, Bob Spiers
p. David Croft
cast
Arthur Lowe - Captain Mainwaring
John Le Mesurier - Sergeant Wilson
Clive Dunn - Lance Corporal Jones
John Laurie - Private Frazer
Arnold Ridley - Private Godfrey
Ian Lavender - Private Pike
James Beck - Private Walker
Bill Pertwee - Warden Hodges
Edward Sinclair - The Verger
Frank Williams - The Vicar
Colin Bean - Private Sponge
Janet Davies - Mrs. Pike
Robert Raglan - The Colonel
Pamela Cundell - Mrs. Fox
Harold Bennett - Mr. Bluett
Olive Mercer - Mrs. Yeatman
Eric Longworth - The Town Clerk
Geoffrey Lumsden - Captain Square
Freddie White - Private
Freddie Wiles - Private
Talfryn Thomas - Private Cheeseman
Desmond Cullum-Jones - Private
Leslie Noyes - Private
Michael Moore - Private
Caroline Dowdeswell - Janet King
Joan Cooper - Dolly
Michael Knowles - Captain Cutts
John Ringham - Captain Bailey
Hugh Cecil - Private
Evan Ross - Private
Staurt Sherwin - A.R.P Warden
Nan Braunton - Miss Godfrey
Wendy Richards - Shirley
Don Estelle - Gerald
Fred McNaughton - The Mayor
Verne Morgan - The Landlord
Gordon Peters - Policeman

Series 1
1. The Man and the Hour (first broadcast 31-7-68)
2. Museum Piece (first broadcast 7-8-68)
3. Command Decision  (first broadcast 14-8-68)
4. The Enemy Within the Gates (first broadcast 21-8-68)
5. The Showing Upn of Corporal Jones (first broadcast 28-8-68)
6. Shooting Pains  (first broadcast 4-9-68)

Series 2
7. Operation Kilt (first broadcast 1-3-69)
8. The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage (first broadcast 8-3-69)
9. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker (first broadcast 15-3-69)
10. Sgt. Wilson's Little Secret (first broadcast 22-3-69)
11. A Stripe for Frazer (first broadcast 29-3-69)
12. Under Fire (first broadcast 5-4-69)

Series 3
13. The Armored Might of Lance Corporal Jones (first broadcast 11-9-69)
14. Battle School (first broadcast 18-9-69)
15. The Lion Has Phones (first broadcast 25-9-69)
16. The Bullet is Not for Firing (first broadcast 2-10-69)
17. Something Nasty in the Vault (first broadcast 9-10-69)
18. Room at the Bottom (first broadcast 16-10-69)
19. Big Guns (first broadcast 23-10-69)
20. The Day the Balloon Went Up (first broadcast 30-10-69)
21. War Dance (first broadcast 6-11-69)
22. Menace from the Deep (first broadcast 13-11-69)
23. Branded (first broadcast 20-11-69)
24. Man Hunt (first broadcast 27-11-69)
25. No Spring for Frazer (first broadcast 4-12-69)
26. Sons of the Sea (first broadcast 11-12-69)

Series 4
27. The Big Parade (first broadcast 25-9-70)
28. Don't Forget the Diver (first broadcast 2-10-70)
29. Boots, Boots, Boots (first broadcast 9-10-70)
30. Sgt - Save My Boy! (first broadcast 16-10-70)
31. Don't Fence Me In (first broadcast 23-10-70)
32. Absent Friends (first broadcast 30-10-70)
33. Put That Light Out! (first broadcast 6-11-70)
34. The Two and a Half Feathers (first broadcast 13-11-70)
35. Mum's Army  (first broadcast 20-11-70)
36. The Test (first broadcast 27-11-70)
37. A. Wilson (Manager)? (first broadcast 4-12-70)
38. Uninvited Guests (first broadcast 11-12-70)
39. Fallen Idol (first broadcast 18-12-70)

Special Christmas
40. Battle of the Giants!  (first broadcast 27-12-71)

Series 5
41. Asleep in the Deep (first broadcast 6-10-72)
42. Keep Young and Beautiful (first broadcast 13-10-72)
43. A Soldiers Farewell (first broadcast 20-10-72)
44. Getting the Bird (first broadcast 27-10-72)
45. The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones (first broadcast 3-11-72)
46. If the Cap Fits... (first broadcast 10-11-72)
47. The King Was in His Counting House (first broadcast 17-11-72)
48. All is Safely Gathered In (first broadcast 24-11-72)
49. When Did You Last See Your Money? (first broadcast 1-12-72)
50. Brain Verses Brawn (first broadcast 8-12-72)
51. A Brush with the Law (first broadcast 15-12-72)
52. Round and Round Went the Great Big Wheel (first broadcast 22-12-72)
53. Time on My Hands (first broadcast 29-12-72)